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mm WEBER STA'TE COLLEGE f Jt I VJS-IU uCDCD QTA'Tf mi I FHE I 1 H j J QGDEN UTAH Jl ! y-- n-v nisi IA I x -. y - - . A Jx.. .: . : . -'' Members of the group "Sour Mash Bash" perform on-stage in the Union Building Friday afternoon as part of the ill-fated Sunfest week activities. Many of the activities planned for the week were cancelled due to a lack of sun all week long. Today's Quotables: Signpost Dog Clinic 2 The trouble with our Announcements ... 3 age is all Signposts Editorials 4 ancj no destinations. Features 6 Louis Kronenberger Sports 7 Unclassifieds ..8 Volume 42 Issue 5 1 May 19, 1981 OOasDamm (DGDoseuu Patricia Haslam, a junior majoring in English at Weber State College, is the first recipient of the Elmer Ericson Memorial Scholarship, named after a longtime English professor at WSC who lost his life last year in a private plane crash. The award was established by friends and relatives of Dr. Ericson and will be given annually to a deserving student majoring in English. The student must also be in his or her junior year of school. Dr. Ericson taught English for 17 years at WSC. Mrs. Haslam is an honor student and a member of the WSC honors advisory committee. She is a past president of Lamba Iota Tau, a national English Literary Society, and is listed in the 1981 edition of "Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities."She also serves in many local civic and service organizations including the Utah Symphony Board. She is the wife of Dr. Marian Haslam, the two have fourchildren. If this paper looks even more disorganized than usual, we have a good reason. Our typesetting equipment in the office broke down, so all the extra work was assumed by the patient printers at the Box Elder Journal in Brigham City. Our thanks to them for taking on this burden. (a Good company, the popular Weber State rock-and-roll group, departs May 30th for their third USO tour of American military bases in Europe. The group, under the direction of Dick Davis, program bureau director, will perform at bases in Iceland, England, Germany, and Belgium. This is their third trip to Europe and fifth USO tour overall. Good Company is only the second group in the past five years to make that many trips, according to USO Director Russell Bice. "Good Company beat out some very stiff competition to make the tour," said Bice. "Over 1,000 groups applied for the tour." Good Company has received the Department of Defense certificate of esteem for their past performances, according to group member Gary Toyn. Military officials have specificially asked for the group to return as part of the tour, due to the popularity of their past performances.Program director Davis said the tour is not only fun for the students, it is also an educational experience. "The tour helps them to see difficult countries. Plus there's the day-to-day performing." said Davis. "When they come back they have a wide field of experience." The group plays a wide variety of songs, ranging from Charlie Daniels and American to Kook and the Gang and Neil Diamond. They also play original songs penned by members of the group. USO Director Bice had nothing but praise for the college rock-and-rollers. "Good Company is the easiest group I've ever worked with. They are very professional," he added. Children and Disability A generation ago, many disabled children never reached adulthood. Today, thanks to advances in medical science, most children with limiting handicaps survive. What's more they are able, with improved social understanding, to lead productive, contributing lives. Ac cording to the Office of Special Education, 9.5 percent of all children now receive some sort of special education. And the Institute of Comprehensive Planning says that over 6 percent of all children have disabilities. A vSfv 7Vi- i&y xTf A'fh-. rjh s k V'l A) 1 f f ft k'-yxiu'' 'i I " i Is U it ' m 7 )V S I 1 7 , I 1 ' c I H The group "Good Company" takes off for a European tour Rodriguez, Magic Waller, Kelly Nelson, Jim Harvey, and Gary beginning May 30th. Pictured Tony. Sitting: Beth Halpin, Jan from left-to-right are: Gilbert Gygi, and Laurie Welker.

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mm WEBER STA'TE COLLEGE f Jt I VJS-IU uCDCD QTA'Tf mi I FHE I 1 H j J QGDEN UTAH Jl ! y-- n-v nisi IA I x -. y - - . A Jx.. .: . : . -'' Members of the group "Sour Mash Bash" perform on-stage in the Union Building Friday afternoon as part of the ill-fated Sunfest week activities. Many of the activities planned for the week were cancelled due to a lack of sun all week long. Today's Quotables: Signpost Dog Clinic 2 The trouble with our Announcements ... 3 age is all Signposts Editorials 4 ancj no destinations. Features 6 Louis Kronenberger Sports 7 Unclassifieds ..8 Volume 42 Issue 5 1 May 19, 1981 OOasDamm (DGDoseuu Patricia Haslam, a junior majoring in English at Weber State College, is the first recipient of the Elmer Ericson Memorial Scholarship, named after a longtime English professor at WSC who lost his life last year in a private plane crash. The award was established by friends and relatives of Dr. Ericson and will be given annually to a deserving student majoring in English. The student must also be in his or her junior year of school. Dr. Ericson taught English for 17 years at WSC. Mrs. Haslam is an honor student and a member of the WSC honors advisory committee. She is a past president of Lamba Iota Tau, a national English Literary Society, and is listed in the 1981 edition of "Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities."She also serves in many local civic and service organizations including the Utah Symphony Board. She is the wife of Dr. Marian Haslam, the two have fourchildren. If this paper looks even more disorganized than usual, we have a good reason. Our typesetting equipment in the office broke down, so all the extra work was assumed by the patient printers at the Box Elder Journal in Brigham City. Our thanks to them for taking on this burden. (a Good company, the popular Weber State rock-and-roll group, departs May 30th for their third USO tour of American military bases in Europe. The group, under the direction of Dick Davis, program bureau director, will perform at bases in Iceland, England, Germany, and Belgium. This is their third trip to Europe and fifth USO tour overall. Good Company is only the second group in the past five years to make that many trips, according to USO Director Russell Bice. "Good Company beat out some very stiff competition to make the tour," said Bice. "Over 1,000 groups applied for the tour." Good Company has received the Department of Defense certificate of esteem for their past performances, according to group member Gary Toyn. Military officials have specificially asked for the group to return as part of the tour, due to the popularity of their past performances.Program director Davis said the tour is not only fun for the students, it is also an educational experience. "The tour helps them to see difficult countries. Plus there's the day-to-day performing." said Davis. "When they come back they have a wide field of experience." The group plays a wide variety of songs, ranging from Charlie Daniels and American to Kook and the Gang and Neil Diamond. They also play original songs penned by members of the group. USO Director Bice had nothing but praise for the college rock-and-rollers. "Good Company is the easiest group I've ever worked with. They are very professional," he added. Children and Disability A generation ago, many disabled children never reached adulthood. Today, thanks to advances in medical science, most children with limiting handicaps survive. What's more they are able, with improved social understanding, to lead productive, contributing lives. Ac cording to the Office of Special Education, 9.5 percent of all children now receive some sort of special education. And the Institute of Comprehensive Planning says that over 6 percent of all children have disabilities. A vSfv 7Vi- i&y xTf A'fh-. rjh s k V'l A) 1 f f ft k'-yxiu'' 'i I " i Is U it ' m 7 )V S I 1 7 , I 1 ' c I H The group "Good Company" takes off for a European tour Rodriguez, Magic Waller, Kelly Nelson, Jim Harvey, and Gary beginning May 30th. Pictured Tony. Sitting: Beth Halpin, Jan from left-to-right are: Gilbert Gygi, and Laurie Welker.